PBS NewsHour; December 6, 2019, 6:00pm-7:00pm PST

- Captioning sponsored by - NEWSHOUR PRODUCTIONS, LLC - >> Woodruff: GOOD EVENING. - I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. - ON THE NEWSHOUR TONIGHT: - A COUNTRY ON STRIKE. - FRANCE COMES TO A NATIONWIDE - STANDSTILL, AS PROTESTS OVER - PENSION REFORM CLOSELS AND - STOP TRAINS. - THEN, ANATOMY OF A CONSPIRACY. - HOW A DISPROVEN NARRATIVE TYING - UKRAINE TO INTERFERENCE IN THE - 2016 ELECTION FOUND A HOME INIT - THE WHHOUSE. - AND, IT'S FRIDAY. - AS THE U.S. HOUSE DRAFTS - ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT, MARD - SHIELDS ANVID BROOKS ARE - HERE TO ANALYZE THE PROCESS AND - THE PRESIDENT'S TROUBLED SUMMIT - WITH NATO ALLIES. - PLUS, A NEW EXHIBIT REVEALS - THE INSPIRATN THAT LED A - STRUGGLING ARTIST NAMED VINCENT - TO BECOME THE BELOVED PAINTER - VAN GOGH. - YO THE THING IS, AS SOON A - LABEL SOMEBODY A "GENIUS," YOUOP - OOKING FOR SOURCES. - "OH, THEY HAVE THIS MAGICAL

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- HAS NOW FALLEN TO A 50-YEAR LOW, - AS HIRING PICKED UP STEAM. - THE LABOR DEPARTNT TODAY - REPORTED THAT THE UNEMPLOYMENT - RATE DROPPED TO 3.5% IN - NOVEMBER, DOWN FROM 3.. - MEANWHILE, EMPLOYERS ADDED - 266,000 NEW JOBS LAST MONTH, THE - BIGGEST INCREASE IN TEN MONTHS. - TODAY'S STRONG JOBS REPORT SENT - STOCKS SOARING ON WALL STREET. - THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - SURGED 337 POINTS TO CLOSE AT - 28,015 - THE NASDAQ ROSE MORE THAN - 85 POINTS, AND THE S&P 500 - ADDED 28. - FLORIDA OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED - THAT A GUNMAN WHO KILLED THREE - PEOPLE TODAY AT NAVAL AIR - STATION PENSACOLA WAS A MEMBER - OF THE SAUDI AIR FORCE. - THE ATTACK HAPPENED IN A - CLASSROOM WHERE THE SUSPECT WAS - UNDERGOING AVIATION TRAINING. - SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE UNDED,

- BEFORE AN OFFICER SHOT AND - KILLED THE SUSPECT. - GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS SAID - AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING - SEVERAL POSSIBLE LINKS TO - TERRORISM. - >> THE GOVERNMENT OF SAUDIO - ARABIA NEEDSKE THINGS - BETTER FOR THESE VICTIMS. - AND I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO - WAS ONE OF THEIR INDIVIDUALS.S - WHEN YOU HAVE A FOREIGN NATIONAL - ULINVOLVED, YOU KNOW, PARTLY - IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD, THE - INVESTIGATION IS OBVIOUSLY GOING - TO BDIFFERENT THAN IF IT WER - JUST SOMEBODY FROM A LOCAL - COMMUNITY. - >> Woodruf IN WASHINGTON, - PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THAT SAUDI - KING SALMAN HAD CALLED TO OFFER - CONDOLENCES AND ASSISTANCE. - >> THE KING SAID THAT THE SAUDI - PEOPLE ARE GREATLY ANGERED BY - THE BARBARIC ACTIONS OF THE - SHOOTER, AND THAT THIS PERSON IN - NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM REPRESENTH - FEELINGS OF THE SAUDI - PEOPLE, WHO LOVE THE AMERICAN - PEOPLE SMUCH. - >> Woodruff: THIS WAS THE SECOND - DEADLY SHOOTING AT A U.S.TA - MI BASE THIS WEEK. - HARBOR NAVAL SHIPY HAWAIIRL - ON WEDNESDAY. - A U.S. NAVY SAILOR FATALLY SHOT

- TWO PEOPLE BEFORE KILLING - HIMSELF. - MILITARY OFFICIALS SAID TODAY - UNDERGOING COUNSELING.PY WITH - THE WHITE HOUSE IS REFUSING TO - KE PART IN THE HOUSE OF - REPRESENTATIVES' IMPEACHMENT - PROCEEDINGS AGAINST PRESIDENT - TRUMP. - WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL PAT - CIPOLLONE WROTE A LETTER TO THE - HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE'S - CHAIRMAN JERRY NADLER AN - DEMANDED AN END TO THE INQUIRY, - CALLING IT "COMPLETELY - BASELESS."ME - WHILE, HOUSE REPUBLICANS - SAID TODAY THAT THEY WANT TOES - HEARMONY FROM HUNTER - BIDEN, THE FORT'R VICE - PRESIDSON; FROM HOUSE - IGENCE COMMITTEE CHAIRMA - ADAM SCHIFF; AND FROM THE - ANONYMOUS WHISTLEBLOWER. - THE DEATH TOLL FROM A MIGRANT - BOAT THAT PSIZED OFF - MAURITANIA ROSE TO 63 PEOPLE - TODAY. W - THE VESS HEADED TO SPAIN'S - CANARY ISLANDS WHEN IT RAN OUT - OF FUEL WEDNESDAY AND OVERTURNED - OFF THE COASOF WEST AFRICA. - SOME 150 MIGRANTS WEBOARD. - MOST WERE FROM GAMBIA.

- THE U.S. SANCTIONED THREE IRAQI - MILITIA LEADERS TODAY HE - KILLING OF ANTI-GOVERNMENT - PROTESTERS.SE - THE MEN ARE ACOF LEADING - IRANIAN-BACKED PARAMILITARY - GROUPS THAT SHOT AT - DEMONSTRATORS. - MORE THAN 400 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN - KILLED SINCE OCTOBER, IN A - CRACKDOWN ON PROTESTS DEMANDING - REFORMS. - TOY, A SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT - OFFICIAL LEFT OPEN THE - POSSIBILITY OF IMPOSING MORE - SANCTIONS. - >> WE'RE NOT DONE. - THIS IS AN ONGOING PROCESS. - THESE DESIGNATIONS DON'T - PREJUDICE FUTURE DESIGNATIONS, - AND WE WILL BE DNG FURTHER - DESIGNATIONS IN THE FUTURE. - >> Woodruff: IN CENTRAL BAGHDAD - RSDAY, THOANDS OF PROTES - FLOODED THE STREETS DEMANDING - THE FORMATION OF A NEW - GOVERNMENT.LATER, IRAQI OFFICIAT - AN ATTACK TARGETING THOSE - DEMONSTRATORS KILLED AT - 15 PEOPLE. - LEBANON'S OUTGOING PRIMEER - MINIPPEALED FOR - INTERNATIONAL AID TODA AMIDS - THE COUNTRRST ECONOMIC

- CRISIS IN DECADES. - PRIME MINISTER SAAD HARIRI SENT - LETTERS TO SEVERAL CES, - INCLUDING THE U.S., ASKING FOR - HELP IN SECURING CREDIT LINES. - FOR MONTHS, THOUSANDS AV - PROTESTERS HTAKEN TO THE - STREETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO - MISMANAGEMENT AND TION.F - CHINA TODAY WAIVED TARIFF HIKES - BEAN IMPORTS AND S - AMID ONGOING TRADE NEGOTIATIONS. - IN SEPTEMBER, BEIJING HA - PROMIS TO LIFT THE DUTIES IN - THE HOPES OF SECURING AN - AGREEMENT. - WASHINGTON IS SETO IMPOSE - A NEW ROUND OF TARIFFS ON - $160 BILLION OF CHINESE GOODS - ON DECEMBER 15.GE - OIL PRICES STODAY AFTER - OPEC REACHED A DEAL COMMITTING - TO SOME OF THE DEEPEST OIL - OUTPUT CUTS THIS DECADE. - AT A MEETING IN VIENNA, THE - GROUP'S OIL PRODUCING COUNTRIES - AND EIR ALLY RUSSIA AGREED T - CUT AN EXTRA 500,000 BARRELS PER - DAY THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER OF - NEXT YEAR.

- THE MOVE AIMS TO PREVENT AN - OVERSUPPLYND BOOST OIL PRICES. - NORTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN - CONGRESSMAN GEORGE HOLDING - ANNOUNCED TODAY HE WON'T SEEK - RE-ELECTION IN 2020.AR - HIS RALEIG DISTRICT NOW - LEANS HEAVILDEMOCRATIC, AFTER - A COURT ORDERED THE - CONGRESSIONAL MAP BE REDRAWN. - DUNCAN HUNTER SAID TODAY THAT HE - WILL RESIGN AT THE END OF THE - YEAR. - HE FACES CHARGES OF MISUSING - CAMPAIGN FUNDS. - THERE ARE NOW 23 HOUSE - REPUBLICANS WHO ARE NOT SEEKING - REELECTION NEXT YEAR. - STILL TO COME THE NEWSHOUR: - FRANCE IS BROUGHT TO A HALT, AS - THE NATION ERUPTS IN PROTEST - RON'S PENSIONT M - REFORM. - HOW A FRINGE CONSPIRACY THEORY - ABOUT UKRAINE GAINED CURRENCY IN - THE OVAL OFFICE. - MARK SHIELDS AND DAVID BROOKS - BREAK DOWN A WEEK THAT BROUGHT - US EVEN CLOSER TO IMPEACHMENT.

- AND, MUCH MORE. - >> Woodruff: FOR A SECOND - STRAIGHT DAY, A GENERAL STRIKE - BROUGHT MUCH OF FRANCE TO A - HA. - THE STREETS ARE FILLED WITH - PROTESTERS DENOUNCING PRESIDENT - EMMANUELLE MACRON. - AS NICK SCHIFRIN TELLS US, IT'S - MACRON'S IDEAS ON REFORMING - SACROSANCT SECTIONS OF THE - FRENCH NATIONAL RETIMENT - SYSTEM THAT HAVE SPARKED OUTRAGE - ACROSS THE COUNTRY. - >> Schifrin: IN THE CITY OF - LIGHT, DUSK ARRIVES EARLY, IA - CLOUD OF TEAR GAS. - PROTESTORS HAVE SH DOWN PARIS - AND MUCH OF FRANCE. - PHALANX OF POLICE CHARGE AT - DEMONSTRATORS, AND SW LITTLE - RESTRAINT. - POLICE HAVE ARRESTED HUNDREDS. - DEMONSTRATORS HAVE HELD UP THE - FLAG-- AND MUCH OF PARIS' PUBLIC - TRSIT AND SCHOOLS-- FOR TW

- DAYS. - HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF - PROTESTORS FROM ALL WALKS OF - LIFE ARE UNITED BY OPPOSITION TO - PROPOSED PENSIONS REFORMS. - >> ( translated ): RETIREES ARE - HERE, YOUTH ARE HERE. - THIS SHOWS THAT WE ARELL - AFFECTED BY THIS BAD PROPOSAL, - AND WE ARE ALL HERE TO SAY THAT - WE DON'T WANT IT. - >> ( translated ): I DEMONSTRATE - FOR THE NEXT GENERATIO - I DOUBT THAT YOUNGER PEOPLE WILL - HAVE A PENSION LIKE WE CURRENTLY - HAVE. - >> Schifrin: THIS IS THE FRENCH - UNIONS' GREATEST SHOW OF FORCE - SINCE 41-YEAR-OLD EMMANUEL W - MACR ELECTED PRESIDENT, - PROMISING FUNDAMENTAL REFORMS TO - AN ECONOMIC SYEM CONSIDERED - ANTI-BUSINESS, WITH PENSION - REFORM AT THE THNTER. - >> IT'MOST AMBITIOUS - REFORM THAN MACRON HAS - INTRODUCED. - >> Schifrin: JEAN PISANI-FERRY - HELPED DESIGN THE PENSION - REFORMS AS A MACRON SEOR - ADVISOR. - HE SAYS THEY'RE SUPPOSED MAKE A - COMPLEX SYSTEM MORE TRANSPARENT - AND FAIR. - >> IT'S A VERY AMBITIOUS REFORM, - THE REFORM OF THE PENSION - SYSTEM. - WE HAVE A FRAGMENTED PENSIONS - SYSTEM. - THE AMBITION OF THE REFORM IS TO - CREATE A UNIFIED SYSTEM.WH

- H FAVOR MOBILITY, SO YOU - COULD EASILY MOVE FROM ONE - SECTOR TO ANOTHER, AND IN TERMS - OF FAIRNESS, IT WOULD BE THE - SAME RULES FORVERYONE. - >> Schifrin: FRANCE HAS ONE OF - THE WORLD'S MOST PROTECTIVE - PENSION SYSTEMS. - FRANCE'S AVERAGE RETIREMENT AGE - IS 62, AND THE COUNTRY SPENDS - 14% OF ITS G.D.P. ON PENSION. - THE AVERAGE FOR LEADING - INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES IS 8%. - THESE REFORMS DON'T ACTUALLY - CHANGE THOSE NUMBERS, BU - PROTESTORS FEAR THE REFORMS - COULD LOWER PEIONS AND - INCREASE THE RETIREMENT AGE, - TAPPING INTO LARGER ECONOMIC - CONCERNS. - >> ( translat): REFORMING THE - PENSIONS WAS THE LAST STRAW, - SINCE IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, - WE'VE BEENING EVERYTHING-- - WHETHER IT BE UNEMPLOYMENT - BENEFITS, OR JOB CUTS IN THE - PUBLIC SECTOR. - >> Schifrin: AND AS THAT FEAR - INCREASES, MACRON'S CONSIDERED - OUT OF TOUCH. - HIS CRITICS CALL HIM IMPERIOUS.S - AND HE MISREAD017 ELECTION - LANDSLIDE, SAYS PISANI-FERRY, - WHO IS NOW ATHE PETERSON - INSTITUTE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. - >> THESE WAS NEVER A REAL DEBATE

- ON ISSUES. - AND I THINK MACRON - MISINTERPRETED THAT BY SAYING, - HE HAS GOT A MANDATE TO DOHAT - HE HAD PROPOSED. - AND THAT PUT HIM VERY MUCH OUT - OF TOUCH WITH THE PERCEPTION OF - INEQUALITY, AND THE ANGER, AND - WHAT WE SEE IN MANY OF OUR - SOCIETIES, OUR PEOPLE FEEL THEY - ARE LEFT BEHIND. - >> Schifrin: FOR MORE THAN A - YEAR, YELLOW VEST PROTESTORSRA - HAVE DEMONSTD THE HIGH COST - OF LIVING AND RISING FUEL COSTS. - THEY CARRIED THE CROSS FOR LOWE - TAXES ANGE INCREASES ON - WEEKENDS, TO N LOSE WORK DAYS. - TODAY'S PROTESTORS ARE MOSTLY - UNIONIZED EMPLOYEES D AFRAID TO - SPRKDAYS ON THE STREETS. - AND THAT MEANS THEY THREATEN - MACRON'S ENTIRE REFORM AGENDA. - >> IF HE HAS TO CAPITULATE, THIS - MEANS THE ABILITY TO DO ANYTHING - SIGNIFICANT UNTIL THE END OF THE - TERM WILL BE DESTROYED. - >> LET'S BE SERIOUS. - >> Schifrin: IN EURO, MACRON'S

- BECOME AN OUTSPOKEN VOICE, - STANDING UP TO PRESIDENT TRUMP, - AND CALLING FOR FUNDAMENTA - FORMS TO NATO AND EUROPEAN - DEFENSE. - BUT IF HE LOSES HIS DOMESTIC - REFORM BATTLE, THAT IMPERILS HIS - INTERNATIONAL AGENDA, SAYS - PISANI-FERRY. - >> PART OF HIS LEGITIMACYHA - INTERNATIONALLBEEN BASED - ON THE FACT THAT HE'S PERCEIVED - AS A REFORMER, AS SOMEONE WHO IS - FRENCHOCIETY ANDHE PROBLEM OF - ECONOMY. - YOU CANNOT BE UNABLE TO DO - REFORMS AT HOME, AND ASK FOR - REFORMS AT THE INTERNATIONAL - LEVEL. - >> Schifrin: TODAY, THE MAJORITY - OF FRANCE SUPPORTS THE GENERAL - STRIKE. - MACRON'S FUNDAMENTAL REFORMS, - ARE BEING FUNDAMENTALLY - CHALLENGED, AND THE PROTESTORS - VOW TO KEEP GOING UNTIL THE - PENSION REFORMS ARE ABANDONED. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M - NICK SCHIFRIN. - >> Woodruff: THIS IMPEACHMENT - INQUIRY UNDERWAY BEGAN WITH

- PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PHONE CALL - WITH UKRANIAN PRESIDENT - VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY. - BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP HARG - REPEATEDLY C TT THE REAL - WRONGDOING WAS BY UKRAINIANS. - HE ASSERTS THAT THEY COLLUDED - AGAINST HIM THE PAST. - WILLIAM BRANGHAM BEGINS OUR LOOK - AT THIS THEORY, AND WHE IT MAY - HAVE ORIGINATED. - >> Brangham: IN THAT NOW - INFAMOUS PHONE CALL WITH - ZELENSKY, PRESIDENT TRUMP - BROUGHT UP TWO DISTINCT THEORIES - HE WANTED THE YOUNG UKRAINIAN - PRESIDENT TO INVESTIGATE. - THE THING WE HEAR MOST ABOUT WAS - THE REQUEST THAT UKRAINE - INVESTIGATE THE BIDENS. - BUT THE OTHER REQUEST WAS ABOUT - AN UNPROVEN ALLEGATION THAT THE - UKRAINIANS WERE SOMEHOW WORKING - TUKRANIANS,MSSIANS, WHOWAS - WERE HIDING SOMETHING ABOUT THE - HACKING OF THE DEMOCRATIC - NATIONAL COMMITTEE'S COMPUTER - SERVER BACK IN 2016. - WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT - SECOND ISSUE-- WHY IT'S NOT - TRUE, WHERE THIS IDEA COMES - FROM, AND W IT'S NOW MORPHED - INTO A MUCH LARGER ACCUSATION - ABOUT HOW UKRAINE ALLEGEDLY - INTERFERED MORE BROADLY IN THE - 2016 ELECTION.

- OUR GUIDE IS OUR VERY OWN LISA - DESJARDINS. - LISA, WELCOME. - >> Reporter: SO MUGE - THROUGH ON ALL OF THIS. - TELL US MOREBOUT THIS THEORY - THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS THAT HE - BROUGHT UPITH ESIDENT - ZELENSKY ABOUT UKRAINE'S - INVOLVEMENT IN THE HACKING O - THE D.N. - >> THIS RESOLVES AROUND THE - SERVER THE INTENSE COMMUNITY - OVERWHELMINGLY CONCLUDED WAS - HACKED BY THE RUSSIANS - CONTAINING DEMOCRATIC PARTY - INFORMATION FROM THE DEMOCRATIC - NATIAL CONVENTION. - THE. - HAS LONG RESENTED THE IDEA THE - RUSSIANS GOT INVOLVED IF HIS - FAVOR. - HE EMBRACED THE THEORY IT WAS - THE UKRAINIANS TRYING TO HELP - OUT CLINTON WHO MAY HAVE HAD - SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS - SERVER. - THIS IS THE FAVOR HE SAD - ZELENSKY FOR. - LET'S LOOK AT THE PARTIAL - TRANSCRIPT FROM THE CALL WITHPR - IDENT ZELENSKY. - PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID I WOULD - LIKE YOU TO FIND OUT WHAT - HAPPENED WITH THE WHOLE - SITUATION WITH UKRAINE. - THEY SAY CrowdStrike, THE - SERVER. - THEY SAY UKRAINE HAS IT. - ALSO, THE PRESIDENT BROUGHT THIS - UP IN A PRESS CONFERENCE OVER - AVAILABILITY IN OCTOBER. - >> HOW COME THE.B.I. NEVER GOT

- THE SERVER FROM THE D.N.C.? - THE SERVINGER THEY SAY IS HELDOM - BY APANY WHOSE PRIMARY - OWNERSHIP INDIVIDUAL IS FROM - UKRAINE. - >> SO NOW WE CAN EXPLAIN WHAT - HE'S TALKI ABOUT. - CrowdStrike IS A CBER - SECURITY FIRM HIRED BY THEDOMS - TO LOOK INTO THIS HACK. - IT IS NOT OWNED BY UKRAINIANS, - IT IS OWNED BY TWO AMERICANS - INCLUDING THIS MAN, DIMITRI - ALPEROVICH, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN - HIM ON THE "NewsHour" TALKING - ABOUT CYBER SECURITY IE - PAST. - WHILE THE F.B.I. DID NOT TAKE - POSSESSION OF THE D.N.C. SERVER - AS THE PRIDENT NOTED, NEITHER - DID CrowdStrike, THEY DON'T - HAVE IT, THEY HAD NO CONNECTIONO - KRAINE. - THERE'S ZERO EVIDENCE UKRAINE - HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THRV - AT ALL. - >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT AND - SUPPORTERS POINT TO OTHER - EVIDENCE, EY SAY, THAT SHOW - SOME UKRAINIANS, AT LEAST, HAD - REAL ANIMUS TOWARDS THN - CANDIDATE TRUMP BACK IN 2016. - WHAT'S THE EVIDENCE FOR THAT? - >> TWO THINGS. - FIRST, REPUBLICANS POINTED TO

- THIS OP-ED RUN IN 2016 WRBYITTEN - HE AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S. - FROM UKRAINE, THAT AMBASSADOR - RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT WHATHEN - CANDIDATE TRUMP WAS SAYING ABOUT - CRIMEA. - TRUMP WAS KIND OF INCATING HE - MAY BE OKAY WITH THE RUSSIANS - TAKING OVER CRIMEY AND THE - AMBASSADORS RAISING SHARP - CONCERNS ABOUT THAT. - REPUBLICANS SAY THAT'S ANPL - EXOF BIAS. - THE SECOND EXAMPLE INVOLVES A - TEDEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMM - STAFFER NAMED ALEXANDER CHALUPA. - YOU'VE HEARD THAT NAME AROUND. - SHE SAID IN HER OFF WORK TIME, - NOT AS PAR OF HER JOB, HE WAS - INTERESTED TRUMP CAMPAIGN - CHAIRMAN PAUL MANAFORT, HAD - QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS PAST IN - UKRAINE AND SPOKE WITH OFFICIALT - UKRAINIAN EMBASSY. - SHE SAID THEY DIDN'T GIVE HER - MUCH GUIDANCE THAN THEY WOULD - HAVE GIVEN ANYONE ELSE BUT A - UKRAINIAN STAFFER FROM THE TIME - SAID IT WENT BEYOND THAT. - HE'S OFFERED NO PROOF. - WE TAKE FROM THIS THERE WERE - INDIVIDUALS LOOKING INTO THE - TRUMP CAMPAIGN OR MIFFED BIAS, - BUT IN THE CASE OF THE - AMBASSADOR, IT WAS A CASE OF

- NATIONAL INST. - THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF ANY - LARGER UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT - EFFORTS TO TRY AND UNDERMINE THE - TRUMP CAMPAIGN. - >> Reporter: SO WHERE DI THIS - IDEA COME FROM THAT UKRAINE, - MORE BROADLY, WAS TRYING TO - INTERFERE? - >> WE MAY NOT KNOW ALL OF THE - ACTORS, BUT LET'S START WITH THE - PRESS. - FIRST OF ALL, THERE WAS THIS - ARTICLE FROM POLITICO IN 2017 - SAYING UKRAINIAN EFFORTS TO - SABOTAGE TRUMP, THAT'S A BLARING - HEADLINE BUT IF D YIG DEEPER, - REALLY THE ONLY EVIDENCE E - ABOUT E DEMOCRATIC - STAFFER, AND THAT ARTICLE SAYS - THERE WAS NO DEEPER EFFORT, THEY - HAD NO PROOF OA TOP-DOWN - EFFORT. - THAT WAS 2017. - FLASH FORWARD TO EARLIER THIS - YEAR, AND YOU SAY IN THEILL IN - MARCH, REPORTER NAMED JON - SOLOMON IN A PIECE ENTITLED AS - INPUT OUT THIS IDEA THERE WAS A - UKRAINIAN PLOT TO HELP CLINTON. - NOW, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT - THIS -- PARTICULARLY THIS - REPORT, WILLIAM, NOW IS UNDER - JOHN SOLOMON'S RTING.HILL, AS IS - THE PRESIDENT, THOUGH, PICKED UP - ON IT. - HE TWEETED THE VERY NEXT DAY -- - OR THAT DAY, HE SAW THAT REPORT,

- AND YOU SEE THIS IDEA STAING - TO TAKE HOLD. - RUDY GIULIANI APPEARED ON FOX - NE A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER, - ALSO PUTTING OUT THESE SEIES. - WHAT'S HAPPENING HEE? - THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IS - LOOKING AT THIS AND THEY HAVE, - RECENTCORDING TO THE "NEW - YORK TIMES," CONCLUDED ACTUALLY - IT WAS RUSSIA THAT PUT OUT THE - IDEAS THAT UKRAINE WAS BEHIND - ANY ELECTION MEDDLING IN 206, - CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT - BENEFITS RUSSIA THAT'S BEEN IN - THE HOT SPOT -- - >> Reporter: PUSH BLAME OFF - RUSSIA ON TO UKRAINE. - >> YES AND THE INTELLIGENCE - COMMUNITY CONCLUDED THAT'S WHAT - HAPPENED ACCORDING TO THE "NEW - YORKIMES" REPORTING. - PEOPLE MIGHT REMEMBER FIONA HILL - ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY STAFF, - SHE TESTIFIED TO THIS ABOUT A - WEEK AGO IN THE IEACHMENT - HEARINGS. - >> THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS AND - STATEMENTS I'VE HEARD, SOME OF - YOU ON IS COMMITTEE APPEAR TO - BELIEVE, THAT RUSSIA AND ITS - SECURITY SERVICESID NOT - CONDUCT A CAMPAIGN AGAINST OUR - COUNTRY AND THAT, PERHAPS, - SOMEHOW,ROR SOME SON, - UKRAINE DID.

- THIS IS A FICTIONAL NARRATIVE - THAT IS BEING PERPETRATED AND - PROPAGAT BY THE RUSSIAN - SECURITY SERVICES THEMSELVES. - >>NE MORE NOTE ON THIS. - VLADIMIR PUTIN HIMSELF LAST - MONTH SAID HE PAID ATTENTION TO - THIS ANHE SORT JOKED IN A - HAPPY WAY HE'S GLAD UKRAINE ISTH - GETTIN BLAME. - >> Reporter: DESPITE THE - SEEMING EVIDENCE ITMIGHT BE THE - RUSSIANS TRYING TO GIN UP THIS - IDEA, WE ARE SEEING SOME .MBERS - OF THEO.P. PARROTING THESE - POINTS. - >> FIRST, I'LL PLAY A SOUND BYE - FROM LOUISIANA SENATOR JOHN - KENNEDY. - >> I THINK BOTH RUSSIA AND - INE MEDDLED IN THE 2016 - ELECTION. - I THINK IT'S BEEN WELL - DOCUMENTED IN THE FINANCIAL - TIMES AND POLITICO, IN THE - ECONOMT AND THE WASHINGTON - EXAMINER, EVEN ONBS. - >> ALSO NOTABLY, THE SENATE - INTELLIGENCE CHAIRMAN RICHARD - BURR KNOWN FOR BEING CAUTIOUS - TOLD ME AND A FEW OTHER - REPORTERS A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, - THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE THE WAY - RUSSIANS PUT THEIR FINGER EAR

- ON ON THE SCALE AND HOW THE - UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS DID IT. - THINGS SAYING THIS IS BLOWING - THE MINDS OF THE REPUBLICANS. - TT LOOKING AT SENATOR LINDSEY - GRAHAM, AN ALLY - PRESIDENT, BUT HE SAID I'M - 1,000% CONFIDENT THAT THE HACK - OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL - CONVENTION WAS BY RUSSIAN - OPERATIVES AND NO ONE ELSE. - SO YOU SEE A BATTLE FOR WHAT'S - ARE TRUE OR NOT WHEN ALLY THE - EVIDENCE IS OVERWHELMING ON ONE - SIDE THAT THE RUSSIANS ATTACKED - US IN MANY WAYS,ND THERE'S - ALMOST NO EVIDENCE THAT THE - UKRAINIANS HAD A GOVERNMENT-WIDE - 2016.PT TO TRY TO MEDDLE - >> Reporter: LISA DESJARDINS, - THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING US - WADE THROUGH THIS. - >> GOOD TEAORK. - YOU'RE WLCOME. - >> Woodruff: STAY WITH US. - COMING UP ON THE NEWSHOUR: - DISCOVERING THE INSPIRATION - BEND VINCE VAN GOGH'S - MASTERPIECES. - AND, THE DIFFICULTIES FARM

- WORKERS FACE IN MAINTAINING - THEIR HEALTH. - A MILESTONE WEEK IN WASHINGTONAC - THE IMENT PROCEEDINGS - AGAINSPRESIDENT TRUMP ADVANCED - TO THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEC - AND SPEAKER PELOSI - DIREED HOUSE CHAIRMEN TO BEGIN - DRAFTING ARTICLES OF - IMPEACHMENT. - AND WHILE FACING IMPEACHMENT - BACK HOME, PRESIDENT TRUMP FACED - NATO ALLIES IN LONDON, AS THE - DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FIELD SHRUNK, - AGAIN. - HERE TO HELP US MAKE SENSE OF IL - L ARE SHIELDS AND BROOKS. - THAT IS SYNDICATED COLUMNIST - MARK SHIELDS, AND "NEW YORK - TIMES" COLUMNIST DAVID BROOKS. - OKAY. - SHRINK, SHRANK, SHRUNK. - >> SHRINKING RIGHT INNT OF - YOU. - >> Reporter: WE'RE MOVING - AHEAD. - LET'S START WITH IMPEAMENT, - MARK. - QUITE A WEEK. - TO BEGIN, TO TH CHAIRMAN, IYOU - WANT YOU TO BEGIN DRAFTING - ARTICLES. - JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HELD A

- HEARING WITH CONSTITUTIONAL - SCHOLARS ON WEDNESDAY. - WHERE DOES THIS ARGUMENT STAND - W THAT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD BE - IMPEACHED? - >> I TENNK THE ARGIS - STRAIGHTFORWARD, THAT THE - ESIDENT ELICITLY USED HIS - POWER -- IL ILLICITLY USE HIS - POWER TO MAYBE SUBVERT ANOTHER - COUNTRY TOARTICIPATE IN AND - SABOTAGE AN AMERICAN ELECTION, - UPCOMING, NOT 2016, YOU KNOW, AI - TING THAT. - HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE ELECTION - OF 2020. - AND I THINKYOU KNOW, I THINK - THAT'S IT. - IT'S CLEAR, STRRDAIGHTFORIN - VIOLATION OF NOT ONLY HIS OATH - BUT OF THE EXPRE POSITION, - WILL AND LAW OF THE UNITED - STATES CONGRESS, A, SO, YOU - KNOW, I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR. - >> Reporter: IS IT CLEAR TO - YOU?KE - >> IT TWO TO HAVE AN - ARGUMENT AND WE DON'T SEEM TO - HAVE AN ARGUMENT BECAUSEE HAVE - THE DEMOCRATS WHO ARE HAPPY TO

- TALK ABOUT IT AND THE WHITE - HOUSE DOESN'T SEEM INTERESTEIN - CONFRONTING THE ARGUMENT WITH - DECISION IN THE HOTHAT'S THEIR - I WONDER WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO - DO IN THE SENATE. - IS CHE WHITE HOUMING? - ARE THEY GOING TO LEAVE IT TO - REPUBLICAN SENATORS? - I AGREE WITH MARK, THE EVIDENCE - IS PRETTY OVERWHELMING. - JUDICIARY COMMITTEHAPPENED ITS - HEARINGS. - THEY HEARD FROM SCHOLARS. - MONDAY THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE - WHAT'S CALLED AN EVIDENCE - HEARING. - IS EITHER SIDE -- BOTH OF YOU - ARE SAYING THE WHITE HOUSE ISN'T - PRESENT AGO DEFENSE BUT SOME OFU - THE ICANS ON THE COMMITTEE - ARE SAYING THIS WHOLE THING IS A - SHAM. - I MEAN, HOW MUCH HEADW ARE THE - REPUBLICANS MAKING WITH THAT - ARGUMENT THAT THEY KEEP - HAMMERING THAT? - >> I MEAN, THE REPUBLICANS HAVE - BEEN UNITED. - I MEAN, K SO, I DONOW IF - THERE'S HEADWAY TO MAKE.H - AND INE NATION. - THEIR POSITION IS PRETTY CLEAR. - THEY'RE GOING TO STICK WITH THE - PRESIDENT, REG'SDLESS. - IND OF FASCINATING TO ME, - THERE'S A LITTLE VIGNETTE, I - THINK, THAT SORT OF ENCOMPASSES - AND EXPLAINS THIS WHOLE THI.

- IN THE 2018 ELECTION, THE 11t - 11th DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY, A - REPUBLICAN SEAT HELD FOR 25 - YEARS, THE DEMOCRATS NOMINATED A - NRATHER REMARKABLE DIDATE, A - NAVEL ACADEMY GRADUATE, MOTHER - OF 4, WHOAAD BEEN HELICOPTER - PILOT AND A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR - AND NANCY PELOSI SUPPORTED HER, - BUT BEFORE THE ELECTION, MIKEY - CHERYL, A DEMOCRAT, CALLED NANCS - PELOSI AID I'M GETTING AN - AWFUL LOT OF CRITICISM, I'M - GOING NO HAVE TO ANCE I WILL - NOT SUPPORT YOU AS SPEAKER IF I - DO WIN. - NANCY PELOSI SAID, OH,IKEY, - FORGET ABOUT IT, GO WIN, THAT'S - WHAT MATTERS. - THAT SAME ELECTION IN UTAH, - MAYOR LOVE, THE ONLY BLACK - REPUBLICAN WOMAN IN THE - CONGRESS, IN A DISTRICT THAT WAS - INCREDIBLYHITE, 290,000 VOTES - CAST, SHE LOST BY ONE-THIRD OF - LOVE DIDN'T SHOW ME ANY LOVE AND - SHE LOST. - THAT ENCAPSULATES WHERE WE ARE

- ON THE COMBATANTS. - A'IT'S PELOSI AGAINST TRUMP. - >> AND TRUMP HA ARGUMENT OF - A SORT TODAY WHICH WASW 256,000 - OBS. - >> YES. - THE ECONOMY IS A BIG FACTOR - HERESAND, SO, AS LONG AS HE - THAT ECONOMY, THE REPUBLICANS - WILL BE STICKING WITH IT -- - STICKING WITH HIM AND THE - ATMOSPHERE WITH THELI REPNS - WILL BE GOOD. - NANCY PELOSI HAD ONE OF THE BEST - MOMENTOF THE YEAR SAYING SHE - DOESN'T HATE DONALD TRUMP, SHE'S - GOING TO PRAY FOR DONALD TRUMP. - THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT OF, - WELLSHE SAID IS HER CATHOLIC - FAITH, HER CHRISTIAN WITNESS. - >> SHEAS QUOTINGST - ST. AUE, HATE THE SIN BUT - NOT THE SINNER. - >> Reporter: SO DO I HEAR BOTH - OF YOU SAYING U THINK THE - DEMOCRATS ARE CORRECT TO BE - MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS - IMPEACHMENT, THAT THIS IS A WISE - MOVE THEIR PART? - >> I DON'T KNOW IF IT'WISE.

- I THINK THEY FEEL IT'S AN - IMPERATIVE MOVE, IF THEY DON'T - DO IT, THEY WILL NEVER, AGAIN, - BE ABLE TO FACE THEMSELVES IN - THE MIRROR OR LOOK AT HISTORY'S - JUDGME THAT THEY WATCHED A - PRESIDENT DO THIS. - THEY SAW A PRESIDENT DO THIS - OPENLY AND, CLEARLY, AND DID NOT - ACT. - I MEAN, THAT IS JUST SIMPLY - SAYING -- IT'S ABDICATING ALL - POWER AND CHANGING OUR SYSTEM. P - OSI UNDERSTANDS TWO - CONTRADICTORY FACTS, ONE, THEY - HAVE TO DO THIS FOR - CONSTITUTIONAL REASONS, AND, - TWO, IT COULD HURT SWING VOTERS, - BUIT'S NOT TH CONVERSATION - SHE WANTS TO HAVE, ABOUT - HONG KONG AND SO ON. - THEY'RE ING THE RIGHT THING TO - DO IT AND AS FAST AS THEY - POSSIBLY CAN.ST - I'MRUCK BY HOW MITCH - McCONNELL WILL REACT IN THE - SENATE. - DOES HE WANT TO DRAG THIS OUT AS - A WAY TO DEEDEMOCRATIC - SENATORS IN THERE OR DOES HE - ALSO WANT TO GET IT OUT OF THE - WAY? - IF I WERE HIM, I WOULD PROBABLY - WANT TO GET IT OUT OF THE WAY, - TOO. - >> Reporter: LOT OF QUESTIONS. - MEANTIME, ILE THIS IS GOING ON - IN WASHINGTON, THE PRESIDENT IS - LONDON MEETING WITH N.A.T.O.

- MARK, ONCE AGAIN PRESIDENT - MANAGING TO GET INTO A SQUABBLE - WITH HIRTS COUNTER - IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK - IS HAVING A BIGGER EFFECT ON THE - UNITED STATES OR IS THIS - SOMETHING THAT IS LIMITED? - THIS IS A VIDEO OF THE OTHER - LEADERS APPARENTLY MOCKING - PRESIDENT TRUMP. - IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S JUST - ABOUT HIM OR IS THIS AFFECTING H - UNITED STATES? - >> WELL, JUDY, I WENT BACK AND - CHECKED THE RECORD. - IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT DONALD - TRUMP, AT LEAST PUBLICLY, 1987 - TOOK A FULL-PAGE ADD IN THE "NEW - YORK TIMES" SASYING JAPAN WA - HAVING A FREIGHTER SAIL THROUGH - THE PERSIAN GULF AND THEY OUGHT - TO PAY FOR IT, ERWISE THE - WORLD, OPEC, CHINA AND RUSSIA - WOULD BE LAUGHING AT US, IRAN - WAS LAUGHING AT US. - THIS WAS A COSTANT THE - THROUGHOUT HIS CAMPAIGN, YOU - KNOW, THAT THE WORLD IS WILL LAG - AT US. - I WAS UNAWARE OF THE WORLD

- LAUGHING AT US, TO BE HONEST - WITH YOU, BUT IDE SAW EE OF - THE WORLD LAUGHING AT THE - PRESIDENOF THE UNITED STATES. - WORLD LAUGHING AT HIM AND WHAT - HAD BEEN HIS EGOTISM AND EGO - SENTRIESTY JUST RUN RAMPANT AT - THE INTEMPERATURES OF ANYBODY - ELSE. - THAT'S WHAT STRU ME ABOUT THAT - VIGNETTE YOU DESCRIBED. - >> Reporter: IS THAT ABOUT HIM - OR IS IT ABOUT THE DISMOUN - >> IT'S ABOUT HIM. - MY TWITTER FEED WAS INTERESTING - THAT DAY WHEN THE VIDEO CAME OUT - BECAUSE THE LEFT SIDE OF M - TWITTER FEED WS SAYING, THIS IS - TERRIBLE, EVERYONE'S LAUGHING,AN - DONALD TRUMP CAN'T GET ALONG - WITH FOREIGN LEADERS, AND THE - RIGHT SIDE OF MY TWITTER FE - WAS SAYING THIS IS AWESOME, - DONALD TRUMP CAN'T GET ALONGGN - WITH FOREADERS. - SO THEY LIKED THE IDEA HE WAS - HAVING A FIGHT. - LY SAY FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF - THE UNIVERSE, MOCKERY IS A SIGN - OF HIGHER STATUS TO PEOPLE THY - THINK ARE LESS INTELLIGENT OLER - GOOD. - SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO FEEL THAT - EVERYONE IS LOOKING DOWN ON THE - SEE MOCKERY AS AN ELITEON - PHENOMOWARD HIM. - AND IT'S READ VERY DIFFERENTLY,

- PARTS TO HAVE THE COURY.FERENT - SO I THINK THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF - HOW SEE THE WORLDTL - DIFFER - I THINK IT'S INDISPUTABLE DONALD - TRUMP IS HURTING OURIT - RELATIONSHIPOUR ALLIES, I - THINK THAT'S INDISPUTABLE. - I HAD A FRIEND IN THE STATE - DEPARTMENT SAYING MOST OF WHAT - WEO HERIS NOT FOREIGN - POLICY, IT'S FOREIGN RELATIONS. - WE DO RELATIONSHIPS. - AS MARK WILL TELL YOU IN - POLITICS AS IN LIFE, - RELATISHIPS ARE 98% OF THE - GAME, AND IF YOU'RE TORTURING - YOUR RELATIONSHS WITH YOUR - ALLIES, THEY'RE NOTNG TO BE - THERE WHEN YOU NEED THEM. - >> IN THE MEANTIME, A DOZEN AND - A HALF DEMOCRATS RUNNING FO - PRESIDENT. - KAMALA HARRS DOPPED OUT THIS - WEEK. - WE SAW AN INTERESTING EXCHANGE - E TWEEN JOE BIDEN AND A VOTER - YESTERDAY WHERE DEN LOKED - LIKE HE GOT PRETTY ANGRY. - HOW IS THE RACE SHAPED -- HAS - THE RACE SHAPED UP AT THIS - POIN GIVEN A NUMBER OFND - ATES HAVE NOW DROPPED OUT? - >> WELL, IN, MEAAMALA HARRIS, - WHY NOT, FIRST TERM

- AFRICAN-AMERICAN SENATOR RUNNING - FOR THE PRESIDENCY, BARACK OBAMA - DID IT. - TWO MAJOR DIFFERENCES, BARACK - OBAMA WAS ONCE-IN-A-LCAETIME - POLITALENT AND, SECONDLY, - HE WAS THE ONLY ANTI-WAR - CANDIDATE IN AN ANTI-WAR PARTY. - EVERYBODY ELSE HAD SUPPORTED THE - IRAQ WAR. - A LACK OF CORE CONVICTIONS. - SHE WAS FOR SINGLE PAYER HEALTH - INSURANCE UNTIL SHE WAS AGAINST - IT, AN SHE GOT CAUGHT IN THE - CHANGING WORRIES. - I MEAN, A WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN A - DISTRICT ATTORNEY, AN A.G., WAS - A REAL PLUS, YOU KNOWKIND OF - PROVING HER TOUGHNESS, BUT ALL - PARTY AND IN CHANGING VALS,ATIC - THE QUESTION BECAME ABOUT - PRISONERS' RIGHTS AND SO FORTH. - SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK - THPRE-MORTEMS ON CAMPAIGN IN - BOTH POLITICO AND THE "NEW YORK - TIMES" TANNED "THE WASHINGTON

- POST" ON T INTNAL STRIFE - ALMOST -- - >> Reporter - AND WE TALKE - ABOUT THAT LT WEEK. - THE DEMOCRATS ARE LEFT WITH - FEWER PEOPLOF COLOR. - >> AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS - PEOPLE HAVE SAID, POLITICS PLAYW - ONTTER AND BETO O'ROURKE AND - KAMALA HRIS WERE TWO OF THE - MOST IDENTITY POLITICS - CANDIDATE. - I THINK IT'S TRUE THAT DEMOCRATS - THINK OTHER PEOPLE ARE RACIST - AND WON'T VOTE FORN - AFRICAN-AMERICAN. - I THINK THAT'S THE EXPLANATION - FOR WHY CORY BOOKER WHO I THINK - HAS RUN A VY GOOD CAMPAIGN HAS - NOT DONE BERT AND WHY SHE HAS - NOT DONE BETTERD THEY'RE LEFT - WITH THIS ALL WHITE DEBAT - STAGE. - >> Woodruff: AND AMONG THOSE - LEFT IN THE RACE, WE MENTIONED - JOE BIDEN GETTING INTO A SCABBLE - SQUABBLE WITH A VOTER THIS WEEK. - YOU HAD THREE OBAMA - FICIALSTRATION OF

- ENDORSING PETE BUTTIGIEG. - WHAT ABOUT THE ENDISMORMTS. - >> WELL, THEOHN KERRY IS NOT - UNIMPORTANT. - I DON'T THINK ENDORSEMENTS -- M - THEY MEAN A LRE ON THE BACK - OF A CHECK THAN IN A POLITICAL - CAMPAIGN, UNESS IT'S THE SPOUSE - OF ONE CANDIDATE ENDORSING THAT - CANDIDATE'S OPPONENT. - BUT IOWA, HE - WAS THE NOMINEE, HE WAS THE - SECRETARYSECRETARY OF STATE, CEY - ONE OF THE SIMPLE THEMES OF JOE - BIDEN'S CAMPAIGN IS THAT THE - WORLD IS IN DISARRAY, AS WE'VE - JUST BEEN TALKING ABOUT, AND - IT'S GOING TO TAKE AN AWFUL LOT - OF EFFORT AND EXPERTISE FROM DAY - ONE TO REAEME IT. - AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OA SLAP - AT ELIZABETH WARREN AT THE SAME - TIME. - >> KERRY ENDORSG. - DEVAL PATRICK, EVEN. - I THINK THE OBAMA OFFICIALS - ENDORSE BUTTIGIEG IS A BIGGER - DEAL JUST BECAU HE NEEDS C - CREDIBILIT A 37-YEAR-OLD - DO THIS, AND THAT LENDS SOME - CREDIBILITY TO HIM. - BUT I THINK JOE BIDEN HAD ONE OS - THE BEST WF THE CAMPAIGN.

- HE HAD AN AD MOCKING - PRESIDENT BUSH, PRESIDUMP, - WISHFUL THINKING, AND HE WENT - AFTER THE VOTER, WHICH I THINKTE - VIGOR, SHOWED TOUGHNESS, - SHOWS HE'S DOI WELL AND - CONTROLLED THE NEWS CYCLE WHICH - HE HASN'T DONE IN A LONG TIM>>E. - ISAGREE. - I DISAGREE WITH DAVI - I THINK THAT JOE BIDEN CAN TAKE - ON A VOTER BUT HE -- YOU WANT - TO DO PUSHUPS, YOU WANT TO RUN, - YOU WANT TO TAKE AN I.Q. TES - ITLOOKS LIKE A LITTLE BIT LIKE - A MINI TRUMP AND THAT'S NOT THE - WAY JOE BIDEN WILL WIN THIS - CAMPAIGNF HE'S GOING TO W - IT. - >> Woodruff: MARK SHIELDS, - DAVIBROOKS, THANK YOU. - >> THANK YOU. - oo - >>uff: VINCENT VAN GOGH. - THERE WAS THE MENTAL ILLNESS-- - BUT AN EXACT DIAGNOSIS IS STILL - DISPUTED. - THE EARLY DEATH AT 37, THOUGHT - TO BE A ICIDE, BUT AGAIN, NOT - CERTAIN. - AT WE DO KNOW IS, HE WAS

- DIFFICULT, PAINED MAN, WHO - PRODUCED SOME OF THE WORLD'S - MOST EXUBERANT PAINTINGS, AND - BECAME ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED - ARTISTS OF ALL TIME. - JEFFREY BROWN TAKES US TO A NEW - EXHIBITION, WITH AN INTERESTING - ORIGIN STORY OF ITS OWN, THAT - IT IS PART OF OUR ONGOING ARTS - AND CULTURE COVERAGE, "CANVAS." - >> Brown: IT'S THE MOST FAMOUS - "STARE" IN ART HISTORY: THE ONE - AND ONLY VINCENT VAN GOGH. - >> I SAY TO VISITORS, IF YOU'RE - SITTING ON A STOOL IN A BAR, AND - SOMEONE TURNS TO YOU WITH THIS - LOOK, YOU MIGHT WANT TO MOVE. - AND THIS SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT - VINCENT: HE IS OUT THERE - EMOTIONALLY, AND "THIS IS MY - LIFE.": - >> BroLL SOUTH IS CURATOR - OF A NEW EXHIBITION, "VAN GO - AND HIS INSPIRATIONS," AT THE - CARONA'S CAPITAL CY.UTH - VA PRESENTS A LESS-FAMILIA - GOGH-- THE WAYWARD, STRUGGLING,F - LARGELY AUGHT YOUNG MAN - WHO LEARNED FROM LOOKING HARD AT - THE WORLD AND THE WORK OF - ARTISTS AROUND HIM. - THIS IS SEEING HOW VAN GOGH

- BECAME VAN GOGH. - >> THAT'S THE QUESTION WE SOUGHT - TO ANSWER. - HE DOESN'T COME OUT OF THE WOMB - AND PAINT "STARRY NIGHT." - IT TAKES A LOT OF FAILURE, A LOT - OF EXPERIMENTATION, A LOT OF - FALSE STARTS, A NUMBER OF EAY - SUCCESSES. - YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT A LOT OF - THINGS TO ARRIVE AT "STARRY - NIGHT. - THAT DOESN'T JUST COME OUT OF - NOWHERE. - >> Brown: IN FACT, "STARRY - NGHT" AND MOSTF VAN GOGH'S - BEST-KNOWN PAINTINGS, DATE TO - THE LAST FEW YEARS OF HIS SHORT - LIFE. - THEY RARELY TRAVEL, AND ARE NOT - HERE. - WHAT IS HERE? - 12 VAN GOGHS, ON LOAN FROM - MUSEUMS AROUND THE COUNTRY, - SURROUNDED BY WORKS BY 30 OTHER - ARTISTS, MOST FROM EARLIER IN - THE 19th CENTURY. - A DRAWING OF AN OLD WOMAN BY - JEAN FRANCOIS RAFFAELLI, NEXT TO - ONE BY VAN GOGH OF A WORKER. - A JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT OF A - PLUM GARDEN, SIDE BY SIDE WITH - VAN GOGH'S "ORCHARD WITH ARLES - IN THE BACKGROUND." - TICE THE TREE BRANCHES. - JEAN-FRANCOIS MILLET'S PAINTIN N - OF TWO PEASANTT TO VAN - GOGH'S "BEEF CART."

- VAN GOGH WOULD RETAIN SOME - ELEMENTS OF WHAT HE SAW, EVEN AS - HE LATER EXPLODED THEM INTO HIS - OWN REVOLUTIONARY STYLE. - >> ALL THOSE THINGS ARE COMING - IN, AND HE'S GOING TO RESHUFFLE - THOSE THINGS CONSTANTLY. - THE THING IS, AS SOON AS YOU - LABEL SOMEBODY A "GENIUS," YOU - OP LOOKING FOR SOURCES. - WHAT'S THERE IS THIS TREMENDOUS - BACKGROUND OF EFFORT AND - STRUGGLE AND EXPERIMENTATION, - THATE CONSTANTLY BRINGS - FORWARD. - >> Brown: THE SOURCE FOR THIS - EXHIBITION IS AN HOUR IAAY FROM - COLUIN THE TOWN OF AIKEN, - IN A GILDED-AGE, 60-ROOM ESTATE - THAT HAD FALLEN INTOPAIR - AND NEGLECT WHEN STEVEN NAIFEH - AND GREGORY WHIT ISMITH BOUGHT - 1989, SLOWLY RESTORING IT - OVER THE NEXT 25 YEARS. - IT WAS HERE THAT THE TWOEN, - PROFESSION AND LIFE PARTNERS - BEFORE SMITH DIED IN 2014, WROTE - THEIR PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING - BIOGRAPHY OF JACKSON POLLOCK, - AND THEN SPENT A DECADE - RESEARCHING AND WRING AN - ACCLAIMED BIOGRAPHY OF VAN GOGH, - PUBLISHED IN 2011. - >> THE THING WE CAME AWAY WITH

- FROM THE TEN YEARS, THE MOST - IMPORTANT LESSON, WAS THE LESSON - OF RESILIENCE. - RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF - ADVERSITY. - IT WAS CONSTANT, BUT SOMEHOW HE - JUST PICKED HIMSELF UP EVERY DAY - AND STARTED PAINTING AGAIN. - >> BrownIT WAS ALSO RE THAT A - NAIF SMITH BEGAN BING - ART, AS A WAY TO SEE THROUGH - VAN GOGH'S EYE - THEY COULDN'T AFFORD ACTUAL - "VAN GOGHS," BUT THEY COMBED - AUCTIONS TO FIND WORKS BY - LESSER-KNOWN ARTISTS THEY KNEW - HE'D ADMIRED. - >> WE'RE LIVING IN HIS HEAD. - WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LIST OF - ARTISTS HE ADMIRED, THE ARTISTS - THAT HE WANTED THEO TO MAKE SURE - THAT HE WENT TO SEE. - >> - GEORGES MICHEL, WHO PAINTED THIS - LANDSCAPE. - THE VAN GH WE ALL KNOW AND - LOVE WOULD CREATE SOMETHING VERY - DIFFERENT. - BUT NAIFEH MAKES THE CASE, HE - GOT THERE THROUGH ARTISTS LIKE - MICHEL.E - >>AVES BEHIND THE COLORING - OF PAINTINGS LIKTHIS, BUT WHAT - HE KEEPS ARE CERTAIN THINGS LIKE - THESE DYNAMIC CLOUDS, THESE

- WONDERFUL CLOUDS. - AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT HIS LATE, - MOST ADVANCED LANDSCAPES, THEY - MAY BE BRIGHTLY COLORED, BUT - THEY HAVE THESE WONDERFU - TEMPESTUOUS, EXCITING, JUBILANT - CLOUDS. - AND THEY COME DIRECTLY OUT OF - GEORGES MICH. - THESE WERE PAINTINGS THAT ARE IN - THE EXHIBITION. - >> Brown: NAIFEH LENT PART OF - HIS COLLECTION TO THE COLUIA - MUSEUM OF ART FOR THE NEW - EXHIBITIONINCLUDING THIS - PAINTING BY ADOLPHE MONTICELLI, - WHOSE WORK VAN GOGH GREATLY - ADMIRED. - >> WHAT'S ASTONISHING ABOUT - MONTICELLI IS HOW ABSTRACT HE - IS. - THE OTHER THING THAT'S IMPORTANT - IN IT IS THE THICKNESS OF THE - PAINT. - IT'S ALMOST SCULPTURAL. - >> Brown: YEAH, YOU CAN SEE. - AND HE ALSO PAINTED WHAT'SE. - >> Brown: NEXT TO IT: VAN GOGH"" - WHEAT FIELD WITH POPPIES."G - THIS IS GETTOSER TO THE - VAN GOGH THAT MANY KNOW, RIGHT? - >> YES. - >> Brown: BECAUSE WE LOOK AROUND - AND I IMAGINE A LOT OF PEOPLE - COMING TO THE GALLERIES ARE - SAYING, "THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE - A VAN GOGH." - E WELL, THE VAN GOGH THAT - KNOW IS ONLY THE VAN GOGH OF THE - LAST FOUR YEARS OF HIS LIFE. - SO WHAT'S REALLY HEL IS TO - REALIZE THAT ART HISTORY, EVEN

- WITH SOMEBODY AS REVOLUTIONARY - AS VAN GOGH, IS AN ONGOING - DIALOGUE BETWEEN EACH ARTIST AND - THE ARTISTS THAT CAME BEFORE. - Brown: THAT WAS A LESSON - BEING PASSED ON TO A GROUP OF - LOCAL - WHO VISITED THE EXHIBITION, AND - THEN MADE THEIR OWN WORKS, - INSPIRED BY VAN GOGH AND HIS - INTEREST IN JAPANESE ART. - PAIGE WILLIAMS AND OLIVIA HEROD - ARE BOTH 17. - >> I THINK IT'S SO COOL TO SEE - HOW VAN GOGH KIND OF TOOK - INSPIRATION AND TECHNIQUES FROM - OTHER ARTISTS AND INCOORATED - THAT. - AND THEN HE TRANSFORMED IT INTO - HIS OWN WORK, BUT HE STILL PUT - HIS OWN VAN GOGH TWIST. - >> AND HE FOCUSED MORE ON THE - EMOTION THIN IT, WHILE THIS - OTHER PERSON DIDN'T. - SO YOU CAN TELL THE DIERENCE - IN ARTISTS. - >> Brown: I'M CURIOUS ABOUT HOW - OFTEN DO YOU GET TO SEE A VAN - GOGH OR VAN GOGH EXHIBITION? - >> NEVER EVER. - >> Brown: NEVER? - >> NO. - AS FAMOUS AS HE IS, I JUST - REALLY ANY OTHER M FAMOUS SEEN - PAINTINGS IN PERSON. - >> I JUST FEEL SO FORTUNATE, - ABLE TO SEE THESE FAMOUS WORKS,

- AND I'M ABLE TO NOT SEE THEM - THROUGH A COMPUTER SCREEN.♪ - ♪ - >> Brown: PULLING IN BOTH ART - LOVERS AND PEOPLE WHO AREN'T - REGULAR MUSEUM VISITORS WAS VERY - MUCH THE IDEA FOR CURATOR WILL - SOUTH, WHO SAYS THIS EXHIBITION - CARRIES A LARGERMBITION. - >> THERE'S THIS IDEA WN YOU'RE - IN A MODERATELY BIG TOWN, REALL - A SMALL BIG TOAT WE ARE - JUST SO FAR FROM THE PIS', THE - NEW YORKS OF THIS WORLD. - AND IN A SENSE WE ARE, BUT THAT - DOESN'T MEAN WE AREN'T A CAPABLE - TOWN, AN AGGRESSIVELY SMART - TOWN. - EVERYBODY NEEDS TO EXPERIENCE - ART. - BUT IF THEY CAN MAKE IT HERE AND - WEAN GIVE THEM A SIMILAR - EXPERIENCE-- N THE SAME AS - SIMILAR EXPERIENCE-- THEN WE - SHOULD. - THAT'S OUR RESPONSY.AT. - THAT'S OUR JOB. - AND WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY. - >> Brown: THE EXHIBITION "VANS - GOGH AND HISRATIONS" ISAN - HERE THROUGHUARY 12, 2020, - AND WILL LATER TRAVEL TO SANTA - BARBARA,ALIFORNIA AND - COLUMBUS, OHIO. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M - JEFFREY BROWN IN COLUMBIA, - SOUTH CAROLINA.

- >> Woodruff: AND WE WILL BE BACK - SHORY WITH A LOOK AT HOW A - FARM WORKER COMMUNITY IN ARIZONA - IS ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES OF - PROVIDING HEALTH CARE. - BUT FIRST, TAKE A MOMENT TO HEAR - FROM YOUR LOL PBS STATION. - IT IS A CHANCE TO OFFER YOUR - >> Woodruff: FINALLY, FARM - WORKERS FACE MAJOR CHALLENGES

- WHEN IT COMES TO ACCESS TO - HEALTH CARE, BUT THEOUTHEASTON - ARAREA HEALTH EDUCATION - CENTER, OR SEA-HEC, IS WORKING - TO IMPVE HEALTH CARE FOR FARM - WORKERS WITH A UNIQUE SOLUTION. - HERE'S PRODUCER ANIKKA ABBOTT. - >> Reporter: BEND, PLUCK, PLACE, - REPEAT. - FOR HOURS A DAY, WORKE - NATURE SWEET FARMS IN SOUTHEAST - ARIZONA PICK TOMATOES. - IT'S WORTHAT REQUIRES - STRENGTH, SKILL, AND GOOD - HEALTH. - PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERT JILL - GUERNSEY DE ZAPIEN SAYS FARM - WORK OFTEN CAUSES MUSCLE AND - BACK ISSUES. - EVERYTHING IS BUILT FOR - HARVESTING CROPS, FOR PACKAGING. - IT IS BUILT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN - FAST. - IT'S NOT BUILT TO PROTECT TH - BODY OF THE WORKERS. - >> Reporter: THE NATIONAL CENTER - FOR FARM-WORKER ALTH SAYS THE - TOP THREE THINGS FARM WOERS - SUFFER FROM ARE OBESITY, - HYPERTENSION, AND DIABETES. - WORKERS LIKE DILLON VALENZUELA - DO WHAT THEY CAN TO GET READY - FOR THE DAY. - >> ( translated ): WHEN WE

- ENTER, FIRST WE HAVE TO - EXERCISE, STRETCH OUT, THEN WETH - PUT ALPROTECTIVE CLOTHES - ONOR THE GREENHOUSE. - >> Reporter: EVEN THOUGH THEY - PREPARE FOR THE WORK, SOME FARM - WORKERS STRUGGLE TO MAINTAIN - THEIR OWN HEALTH. - 400 PEOPLE ARE WORKING IN THIS - TOMATO PLANT. - GREENHOUSES AND ALMOST 95% OF - THEM SPEAK SPANISH PRIMARILY.UA - LA IS ONE BAIER TO - HEALTHCARE. - ACCESS IS ANOTHER, SAYS GAIL - ONRICK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF - THE SOUTHEAST ARAREA - HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER, OR - SEAHEC. P - TICULARLY PRECARIOUS WITH - FARM WORKERS IS THE TYPE OF - LABOR THEY'RE INVOLVED IN, - SHIFT WORK VERSUS ONGOINOR - FORM EMPLOYMENT. - D SO SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE - HEALTH INSURANCE AND HEALTH - COVERAGE, AND OTHERS MAY NOT. - >> Reporter:HE NATIONAL CENTER - FOR FARM-WORKER HEALTH SAYS - ALMOST 53% OF FARM WORKERS - ACROSS T COUNTRY ARE - UNINSURED. - EVEN SOME WITH HEALTH INSURANCE - HAVE LIMITED ACCESS. - THE RATIO OF PEOPLE TO DOCTORS - IN RURAL AREAS IS 2,500 TO ONE.

- >> IT'S NOT SAYING NECESSARILY - THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH HEALTH - PROFESSIONALS. - IT'S SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT - DISTRIBUTED WELL THROUGHOUT THE - COUNTRY. R - orter: HERE IN WINCHESTER - HEIGHTS, AN UNINCORPORATED - LATINO NEIGHBORHOOD JUST TEN - MINUTES FROM THE FARM, THERE ARE - NO DOCTORS. - FACILITY IS 20 MINUTES AWAY. - ENTER THE SOUTHEAST ARIZONA AREA - HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER, WHOSE - GOAL IS TO HELP RESIDENTS IN - RURAL AREAS GAIN ACCCAS TO - HEAL. - IN WINCHESTER HEIGHTS, THEY - ENHELPED BUILD A COMMUNITYR - WHERE PUBLIC HEALTH INTERNS - TRAIN RESIDENT VOLUNTEERS, KNOWN - AS PROMOTORAS DE SALUD. - AFTER RECEIVING TRAINING - IDHEALTHCARE WORKERS, LIKEA - DOMINGUEZ, GO DOOR TO DOOR IN - WINCHESTER HEIGHTS TO TEACH - THEIR NEIGHBORS ABOUT BETTER - HEAL, LIKE NUTRITION AND SUN - PROTECTION. - >> AND THEN SHE TOLD ME, "I AM - SO GRATEFUL BECAUSE I DIDN'T - KNOW BUT NOW I KNOW THAT YOU - HAVE TO USE A HAT."

- >> Reporter: LATINO FA WORKERS - SAY THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND - HEALTH WORKERS HAVE MADE AN - IMPACT ON THEIR HEALTH. - HAVING PROMOTORAS WHK - THEIR OWN LANGUAGE AND COME FROM - THR OWN COMMUNITY MAKE A - DIFFERENCE. - >> ( anslated ): IT'S - IMPORTANT TO HAVE A SOCIAL - ENVIRONMENT AND SO TO BE ABL - TO HELP THE CHILDREN, THE YOUTH, - THE ULTS, THE ELDERS, SO WE - WILL BE UNITED. - >> Reporter: ALONG WITH - HEALTHCARE, THE HEALTH EDUCATION - GROUP IS NOW ALSO TEACHING - RESIDENTS HOW TOUN THEIR OWN - NON-PROFIT. - THEY PLAN TO TURN THE COMMUNITY - CENTER OVER TO THE PEOPLE IN - WINCHESTER HEIGHTS NEXT YEAR. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M ANIKKA - ABBOTT WITH CRONKITE NEWS IN - WINCHESTER HEIGHTS, ARIZONA. - >> Woodruff: BEFORE WE GO - NIGHT, A BRIEF NEWS UPDATE.

- IT HAS BEEN A BUSY EVENING AT - THE U.S. SUPREME COURT. - THE COURT HAS BLOCKA REQUEST - FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO - LIFT A BAN ON FEDERAL - EXECUTIONS. - FOR 16 YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN NO - DEATH PENALTY EXECUTIONS IN - FEDERACASES. - ALSO, THE SUPREME COURT HASIL - TEMPORGRANTED THE - PRESIDENT'S REQUEST TO BLOCK - RULING BY A LOWER COURT THATRE - IRED BANKS TO HAND OVER - PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS FAMILY'S - FINANCIAL VORDZ CONGRESS. - JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG - SIGNED THAT ORDER. - THE STAY GIVES RELIEF FOR ONLY A - WEEK WHILE THCOURT CONSIDERS - THE Q. A FEDEAERAL AP COURT - RULED EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT - DEUTSCH BANK AND CAPITAL ONE - MUST TURN OVER WHAT THEY HAVE OF - THE PRESIDENT'S PRSONAL AND - FINANCIAL BUSINESS RECORDS. - THERE ARE TWO OTHER CASES BEFORE - THE COURT INVOLVING SUBPOENAS - FOR THE PRESIDENT'S FINANCIAL - RECORDS. - AND THAT IS THE NEWSHOUR FOR - TONIGHT. - I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. - FOR ALL OF US AT THE

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